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Home Depot Improvement
Home Depot will collect CFLs for recycling |
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24 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:10 AM on 24 Jun 2008 Home Depot announced Tuesday that it will collect compact fluorescent light bulbs and send them off to be recycled. The home-improvement behemoth hopes the new program will keep the bulbs, which contain a small amount of mercury, out of household trash and recycling bins. IKEA also collects CFLs for recycling but doesn't have the market saturation of Home Depot; more than three-quarters of U.S. ho ... |
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| Topics: business, energy efficiency, green living, greening biz operations, greenish companies, mercury, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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BCause I Told You So
Eco-parents unimpressed by 'green' Barbie accessories |
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12 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:09 PM on 12 May 2008 Barbie BCause, toymaker Mattel's attempt to appeal to the green-minded tyke, has turned out to be not so popular with green-minded parents. The line of patchwork-y Barbie accessories made from cast-off fabric has inspired a blogging backlash. "The eco-conscious young girls I know of steer clear of Barbie," wrote Jennifer Lance on blog Eco Child's Play. "Truly green families ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, green products, greenwashing, news, parenting, recycling, shopping (all these topics) |
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Discarded Ken Not Included
New Mattel line lets you wear Barbie's discards |
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02 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:34 PM on 02 Apr 2008 We are not making this up: Mattel is planning a new line of accessories made from "excess fabric and trimmings from other Barbie doll fashions and products which would otherwise be discarded." The "playful and on-trend" Barbie BCause collection -- including handbags, hats, pillows, and diaries "each featuring its own unique variations and kitschy patchwork details ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, green products, insanity, news, parenting, recycling, shopping (all these topics) |
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Pop Top
Coca-Cola announces big recycling initiatives |
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06 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:36 PM on 06 Sep 2007 Speaking around gulps of carbonated, corn-syrupy beverage, Coca-Cola executives announced two environmental initiatives this week. By next year, the company plans to redesign its 20-ounce bottle to use 5 percent less plastic, and will open a gigantic recycling plant in South Carolina. Coca-Cola currently recycles or reuses about 10 percent of its U.S.-sold plastic bottles; the company hopes to raise that numb ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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Dude, You're Gettin' a Conscience
PC honcho Michael Dell announces new green initiatives |
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10 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Dude, You're Gettin' a Conscience PC honcho Michael Dell announces new green initiatives Amidst the energy-sucking glitz of Las Vegas, PC magnate Michael Dell announced that his eponymous company is greening up, and encouraged others to follow suit. Dell addressed two green-itiatives at an International Consumer Electronics Show speech yesterday. The first, a new partnership with carbon-offset provider Ca ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, green living, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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A Random Act of Mindfulness
Random House to bump up use of recycled paper |
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18 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Random Act of Mindfulness Random House to bump up use of recycled paper For you fogies who still read books made of ... what do they call it? ... "paper," here's some good news: Leading U.S. publishing company Random House announced this week that it plans to increase the recycled-paper content of its books to 30 percent by 2010. It's an ambitious goal, as only about 3 percent of paper currently used in ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remunerate
Eco-entrepreneurs pay people to recycle |
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21 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remunerate Eco-entrepreneurs pay people to recycle What's the best way to get people to recycle? Same way you get them to do anything: pay them for it. Patrick FitzGerald and Ron Gonen founded RecycleBank in 2004 on the notion that economic incentives would motivate recycling more effectively than green principles. Their system rewards households with up to $400 a year in credits to national ... |
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